Sunday, July 26, 2009

It's another beautiful morning here in the Blue Ridge and i'm gonna spend the day catching-up....you know........the food shopping.....the laundry......the cleaning of the house....etc. etc.

The food shopping should take me a little time.....it's back to reading labels......

That blood work last week showed i'm borderline diabetic......

Knew this was coming......before City Boy had his GBS...we lived with his diabetes for many years and the signs were there.......ugh!!!....Just when i thought i could give up label reading as a hobby!!!

Also....need to lose this 20 pounds i've packed on with all this "Good ..... Mountain Food"......who knew ....Hushpuppies were a food group and should be served at every meal.......??!!

Well....anyway....that's the plan.....

But....i hear the sewing machine calling.....and that fabric i laid out last night......it's screaming...."Cut me in little pieces and sew me back together.......make me into something!!"

Hummmmmmm....big choices here......i'll have to check with the Community Watch Committee!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Could it be "Fields of Gorilla Glue?"....good ole' City Boy....he's a modern day McGyver that thinks gorilla glue and duct tape can fix anything..........

Soooo....the chinking on my bird feeder is a little much...but....he glued it back together and replanted it in the front yard......hope the bear has left the neighborhood ...... and no birds were harmed in this process....

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Here's the half........got the top of "Devonshire Cream" finished last weekend.....

Its. made with the Moda...Portebella Market....fabrics, and a few fat quarters of coordinating colors thrown in....

It's going to Atlanta with me in August for a session on the long-arm quilter......and then i'm gifting it as a wedding present....both Tim & Angie are very traditional home-bodies......sooooo.......i think they'll enjoy it.....plus, what do you get a couple that has everything??/!!!.......

And this is the tablerunner i finished this week.........i'm building up a stash of table runners......they make quick and thoughtful gifts........

This little guy is made with Moda.....1930's Feed Sack reproductions......

Fits right in...up here in the mountains.....

Moda....Moda.....Moda....there seems to be Moda everywhere in my sewing room.....

Saturday, July 18, 2009

......Remember my bird feeder.... the one that took "City Boy" 2.6 years to plant in the front yard.........

Well...............at approximately 4:15 AM this morning it bit the dust.....!!!

The dogs were hysterical......the cat was screaming on the front porch.....City Boy was sleeping and i was stumbling around without my glasses on......

Outside lights were on ..... but.....without glasses.....lets face it....i'm blind!!Opened the door for the cat and chased the dogs back to bed......

Then this morning i found it.......smashed off it's pole......what ever hit it and knocked it to the ground was big and strong.....cause..... the little cabin had metal rods thru the sides holding it together and then it was screwed to the base.....

Monday, July 13, 2009

During the last of May and the beginning of June it was all anyone up here in our little corner of the Blue Ridge was talking about.......days and days of rain.....flash floods.....roads and bridges closing........

Well the first picture is what it looks like today up here in my section of the high country......

Which is OK with me ...... we can use the rain .....now ......

But ....it leads to this lush-green, very thick foliage.....that's OK too....except when my small dogs get out of the house or the dog run and we are chasing them down , lots of yelling and running around by the humans.........Do you know what kind'a monsters live in the 12 acre woods ?......they must to be hunted down...at full speed.......it's not a pretty picture!!!

Still .... it's better than this .....took this picture on April 7, 2009!!